27th July 2012 – Technology

Thanks to some altruistic and gifted individuals in the world of technology and software; Tim Berners-Lee showed the way ahead when he invented the internet and ‘gave it away to the world’ – plus my ability to follow an idiot’s step-by-step guide – I was able to connect my phone to my laptop, download some software and then watch live BBC TV over the internet from today. The Olympics is what I really want to watch and coverage in Hong Kong doesn’t appear to be available on free-to-air, it’s only available from one cable provider, you have to sign up to a 24 month contract, the rest of their programming is rubbish and I don’t even have a TV here yet. Here’s the weather forecast for tonight’s London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, the backdrop to which is yet more rain here in Hong Kong.